TinPan Alley

TinPan Alley
Tin Pan Alley (tĭn) n.
1. A district associated with musicians, composers, and publishers of popular music.
2. The publishers and composers of popular music considered as a group.
  [Probably from tin pan, tinny piano + alley1(from the cheap pianos associated with music publishers' offices).]

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